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‘HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO’ T.V. Rights Acquired by HBO Documentary before World Premiere @ Sundance

‘HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO’ T.V. Rights Acquired by HBO Documentary before World Premiere @ Sundance

NEW YORK – HBO Documentary Films has acquired U.S. television rights to HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO. Directed by Alexandra Shiva (Stagedoor, Bombay Eunuch), the film will have its world premiere Sunday, January 25 at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition, and will debut on HBO later this year. A first […]

LA Asian Pacific Filmfest Announces Awards

LA Asian Pacific Filmfest Announces Awards

from tcdm-associates.com CICADA and THE ROAD TO FAME TAKE TOP HONORS AT THE 30th ANNIVERSARY LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL The 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) produced by Visual Communications celebrated the closing night of their 30th Anniversary edition on Thursday night with a private awards ceremony for the competition films, […]

Slamdance’s Big Footprint in Hollywood: First-time Directors Have Grossed $10.618 Billion

Slamdance’s Big Footprint in Hollywood: First-time Directors Have Grossed $10.618 Billion

by Dan Mirvish Feeling self-satisfied and/or congested from your annual Sundance winter camp? I’ve got news for you: Hollywood doesn’t care about another head-scratching indie with pigs in it, or an over-hyped VOD deal from a company you’ve never heard of for a film no one will ever see. Nope. Hollywood counts success in dollars, […]

Sundance 2014 Festival Panels & Conversations

Sundance 2014 Festival Panels & Conversations

Part of the Sundance Film Festival’s vitality is the culture of conversation we cultivate around the films in the program, with filmmakers, documentary subjects, actors, and artists. It’s through those interactions that the films really come off the screen and audiences can engage with the people who make it. The program is broken up into […]

Escape From Tomorrow Opens Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver End of October

<em>Escape From Tomorrow</em> Opens Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver End of October

from vkpr.ca The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW, is like nothing you’ve ever seen. Randy Moore’s directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth. Synopsis An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two, learns on the last […]

Vancover critics love Rebelle, Toronto crowns Polley

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has named Kim Nguyen’s Rebelle the best Canadian film of the year while Toronto critics chose Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell. Inexplicably, Toronto did not even nominate Rebelle. About a young African girl’s harrowing journey as a child soldier, Rebelle also picked up awards for Rachel Mwanza as best actress […]

Kickstarter has raised $100 million for indie films

Kickstarter has raised $100 million for indie films

Leading crowdfunding site Kickstarter has raised over $100 million to support indie films since it launched in spring 2009. April 28, 2009 — January 1, 2013: Total pledged: $102.7 million Total collected: $85.7 million Total backers: 891,979 Funded projects: 8,567 In the past three years, nearly 900,000 people have pledged their support to an independent […]

Is EW’s relationship with Sundance too Cozy?

“Putting the “ew” in Entertainment Weekly’s Too-Cozy Relationship with Sundance.”  by Dan Mirvish Two recent articles in Entertainment Weekly about the Sundance Film Festival failed to mention that EW is one of Sundance’s biggest sponsors, and has been for 19 years. One was a photo essay of celebrities that appeared in the Feb. 5, 2010 […]